News on Food Trends from China

January 15, 2012

Yasheng Group to develop its potato processing business

Yasheng Group, a high-growth diversified China-based agricultural company with US headquarters in California, recently announced plans to expand farming operations in 2012.

September 29, 2011

China is aiming to be the biggest packaging producer in the world by 2012

The report, Paper and Packaging Sector M&A Update, says that China intends to increase their packaging market share “aggressively,” over the next year. “Their stated aim is to become the world’s largest packaging producers by the end of 2012, whic...

September 20, 2011

China aspira a convertirse en el mayor productor mundial de envases

China aspira a convertirse en el mayor productor mundial de envases para fines de 2012, según un nuevo estudio de la firma de asesoramiento financiero Catalyst Corporate Finance . La nueva investigación sugiere que las ambiciones chinas modificaran el...

September 19, 2011

PepsiCo to Partner with China's Ministry of Agriculture to Promote Sustainable Farming

PepsiCo, Inc. announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China to promote sustainable agriculture projects and accelerate the development of the Chinese countryside.

September 12, 2011

"Zwaartepunt AGF-handel zou op de lange termijn in Azië kunnen liggen"

De Van Rijn Groep is inmiddels al een jaar of tien actief in China. De handelsrelatie begon met de import van Fuji-appelen en peren, wat nog altijd de belangrijkste importlijn is. Sinds drie à vier jaar verzorgt Van Rijn ook de aanvoer van agf-producte...

September 09, 2011

China: A look at strategies from McDonald's, Yum! Brands

Many restaurant companies have turned to international growth to offset results from the struggling domestic economy, but when it comes to the largest prize in foreign expansion — China — it is a two-company race between Yum! Brands Inc. and McDonald’s...

January 27, 2011

McDonald's No Match for KFC in China as Colonel Rules Fast Food

On the edge of Tiananmen Square, just across the street from Mao Zedong's tomb, He Yingying munches on a piece of chicken and gazes at the benign-looking figure beaming down at her.

December 15, 2010

McDonald's is stepping up its expansion in China

McDonald's Corp. is planning its biggest ever expansion in China as it faces mounting challenges from competitors and higher food costs amid rising inflation.

November 21, 2010

McDonald's China Chief Kenneth Chan on how to crack the Chinese market

American iconic brand McDonald’s wants to take a bigger bite of China.

Bright Food Group Ltd. (Courtesy: China Daily)

October 07, 2010

Bright Food: Why a Chinese food company wants to gobble up Western outfits

Bright Food is a hungry company. The Shanghai government-controlled firm is reportedly among the bidders for GNC, an American nutrition-supplement chain.

July 20, 2010

China vows to stop restaurant reuse of cooking oil

Chinese call it "gutter oil"- a foul slop fished up from sewage drains or collected at restaurant back doors - and it's being used widely in the country's eateries.Recycled food oil is China's latest food-safety scandal that has worried consu...

June 03, 2010

Potato Processors join in Idaho trade mission to China

Idaho ag groups hope to find new export opportunities in China during a trade mission led by Gov. C.L. "Butch"Otter, from June 4-12.Potato processors from Idaho and the Idaho Potato Commission will focus on promoting frozen and dehydrated pot...

June 01, 2010

China turns to potato for food security

In the land of rice, China is looking at an unlikely tool for maintaining growth and social harmony: the potato. The Chinese government has begun ramping up research, production and training related to the humble spud, and hopes are high that it could...

April 15, 2010

China International Potato Summit Forum Held in Beijing to Enhance Exchange and Cooperation

The China International Potato Summit Forum was jointly held by MOA Agricultural Trade Promotion Centre and the Government of Yanqing County, Beijing. Vice Agricultural Minister Niu Dun attended the forum and delivered remarks, together with Director-G...

March 23, 2010

Yum! bets on China growth - and wins.

Maggie returned with her husband to his family home in Chuzhou on the eve of the Chinese New Year, just in time for the grand opening of the city's first KFC restaurant. She took her husband's nephews to the big event – and waited a half-hour just to ...

February 06, 2010

McCain is after a lion's share of China's fast food market

The average Canadian eats 30 pounds of french fries per year. In China, per capita consumption is less than 3½ ounces. McCain Foods Ltd. is trying to turn the figures for Asia's largest country around.And there is hope for McCain, whose biggest fast-f...

February 05, 2010

International Potato Center launches CIP-China Center (CCCAP) to serve Asia and the Pacific

Top officials from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, including Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture, and from the International Potato Center (CIP) gathered today in a formal signing ceremony to launch the CIP-China Center for Asia and the Pacific (...